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No. 256.335. l Patented A pr.11.1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

A. JESSE LANDON, OF JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK.

SPRING BED-BOTTOM;

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 256,335, dated April 11, 1882#4 Application tiled August 1, 1831. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: .Y

Be it known that I, A. JEssE LANDON, a citizen ofthe UnitedStates, residing at Jamestown, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SpringBed-Bottoms; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference benghad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures or reference marked thereomwhich forma part Of this specitcation.

The object of rnyinvcntion is to make acheap and efficient spring bed-bottom, and one less liable to get out Ot' Order than others; and it consists in an improved link'for holding the springs in proper position andra brace for holding the side rail, in the manner ashereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l shows a' section of a spring bed-bottom with my improvements attached; Fig. 2, a side elevation of link; Fig. 3, a plan view of the link; Fig. 4, a plan view of brace.

In that class of spring bed-bottoms having the large part ot the spring-coil upward and held in position by a link passing from One coil to the other, the common way of making the link has been to wrap a wire around a suitably-shaped iron a large number of times, -and then cut these coils and hook them from one spring to the other with the opening down; but these links in shipping and every day use up, and then are liable to tear and injure the mattress. To Overcome this turning some have iliade a loop in one end of the link and run the coil-sprin g through this before closing the spring; but this is objectionable not only in putting up but when desired to changethe width ofbed. v

' Myimprovementovercomesthesediiculties. I make my link D with a loop, E, near one end, as shownin Fig. 2, and have theloopjust low enough so the spring can be forced by this loop to the end of the link, and the loop prevents t'he link from turning end for end when in use, and can be put-On and taken Oit at will. Myimprovementconsists, also,in the spring brace B, as shown in Fig. 4, for holding the sideJ rail, w, in position. This brace I make of steel having one end turned so as to readily attach to the cross-bar C, and the other end given two short turns nearly right angle, and the end left so then it Will pass into a hole in the side rail and come against this shoulder, as shown atm, Fig. 4, thus preventing the side rail from coming in when Weightis put on the bed, and can be readily detached in shipping.

I claim- 1. In combination with spring bed-bottoms, the connecting-link having a loop near one eiid AOf suitable size to prevent the link from changing ends on the coil, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with spring bed-bottoms having crossbar and side rail, substantially as shown, the spring-brace B, having turns l and mat end, as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in .presence of two witnesses. easily get turned soas to bring the opening A. JESSE LANDON. Witnesses:

JOHN B. RAWsON, H. B. ARNOLD. 

